2006 January 11

The evolution of digital pictures keeps getting easier in terms of sharing photos online, but transmitting them efficiently to friends and family can still be a little tricky. While you could use an online photo printing service, another alternative is to install a digital frame in each family member’s house and blast out pictures as they are taken. That’s exactly what Ceiva does with a stylish photo frames capable of displaying digital images in a variety of sizes up to 1024×768 on a screen about the size of an 8×10. The company also provides a service to manage your photos online, making it possible to share images out to digital frames located in households around the country. If you’re looking for a gift for that uncle who has everything, Ceiva frames might be just the thing. Listen in for some of the coming developments and some insight from Chris on what makes digital frames cool.

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When you get two of the pickiest Windows users on the planet sharing a microphone, you’re bound to have an interesting conversation develop. Steve Bass of PC World fame joins Chris to debate the discovery of Maxthon back in its MyIE2 days. They swap stories about favorite Windows apps with a healthy dose of good-natured one-upmanship with one or the other of them always having a slightly better utility too solve your computing problem. A discussion of Windows Vista based on the public builds seen so far provides the launch point for a conversation that keeps changing directions. As the conversation demostrates, Steve and Chris are among the most vocal of PC enthusiasts constantly pressuring the Windows software community to create a better experience for everyone.

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